COMPENDIUM OF LIVING FORMS 1 OF 5

A Comprehensive Catalogue (Pt.1) of the Beings That Creep, Sing, Dwell, and Resonate Within Velun

Compiled under the Silent Accord of the Mountain-Wardens

𐬽 Scribe’s Preface

Let this codex serve as a record of the living multiplicities within the sacred lands of Velun — the cliffs, the forests, the echoing caves, and the veiled swamps. Each organism listed herein has been observed, catalogued, and respectfully named by the Aevori in accordance with their resonance, behavior, and contribution to the Spiral of Cycles.

These entries are compiled in accordance with the six primary Lhaiven Strains, a biological taxonomy unique to Velun and formalized by the naturalist-priestess Kavaen Sha’Luune during the early Moonwind Era. While the Aevori reject domination of life by language, they permit the recording of life forms for sacred stewardship.

THE CODEX OF LIVING FORMS – VOLUME I

PRIMARY TAXONOMIC STRAINS OF VELUN

❖ Vashari (Amphibian-type Genus)

Soft-skinned, moisture-bound, and song-sensitive, the Vashari dwell in the humid zones of Velun—swamps, misted undergroves, spring caves, and stone-basins. Many secrete glows or pulses of bioluminescence, and some resonate faintly to memory hums. Their skins are semi-permeable and may absorb psychic traces from their environment.

❖ Kraelen (Reptile-type Genus)

Scaled and basking, the Kraelen favor warm stone cliffs, forest canopy ridges, or deep rock corridors. Some are glass-skinned or possess crystal-like plating that reflects the Vehlune Spheres. They are typically slow-maturing, long-lived, and reactive to heat signatures. Some demonstrate primitive memory-mapping behaviors.

❖ Theleri (Mammal-type Genus)

Furred or feather-hair coated, the Theleri span all regions of Velun. They are warm-bodied, complex in behavior, and are often studied for their memory interactions and mimicry of Aevori gestures. Several emit harmonics when in distress, which resonate within sacred stone—an effect still unexplained.

❖ Saelen’i (Marsupial-type Genus)

Pouched, leaping, climbing, or clinging beings, the Saelen’i exhibit protective maternal behaviors and communal nesting. Their bone-structure is flexible, allowing navigation of narrow passageways. Some nurse bioluminescent young that pulse in rhythm with the moons.

❖ Ixaari (Insectoid-type Genus)

The Ixaari encompass winged, shelled, burrowing, or hive-bound forms. Their shells bear micro-patterns believed to be resonance-mapped by Aevori scribes during the listening rites. Some species are semi-sentient and organize in group intelligence. Many secrete usable resin, sound-nectar, or weaving silk.

❖ Nehsari (Arachnid-type Genus)

The Nehsari are often feared or venerated. Eight-limbed or radial-bodied, many produce precision silk, venom with dream-altering effects, or webbed memory-traps. Most are nocturnal and dwell near silence-bound zones. Some are blind but see by tonal vibration.

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Section II: Vashari – Amphibian-Types of Velun

❖ GENUS: Vashari

Amphibian-analog class; skin-breathing, often semi-luminescent, psychically absorbent. Found in swamps, fog basins, crystal spring-caves, and wet forest floor zones.

1. Shaevuun – “One Who Drips Memory”

• Classification: Vashari | Shaevuun’thel

• Description: A thick-bodied, translucent-skinned being with a shimmering inner core that pulses in varying colors depending on nearby memory resonance. Roughly the size of an adult palm.

• Habitat: Memory Pools near the Silvan Grottos.

• Behavior: It lingers unmoving for hours, absorbing ambient psychic residue through its skin. Occasionally expels clear mucus droplets that retain faint sensory impressions (touch, scent).

• Resource: Shaevuun Gel — collected by the Aevori for use in memory-smoothing balm and silent ink.

• Notes: Non-hostile, symbiotic with Vehlune Moss.

2. Thralechi – “Sky-Hummer of the Drenched Bough”

• Classification: Vashari | Thralechi’dai

• Description: Tree-clinging amphibian with webbed claws and a ventral skin-drum. Its underbelly vibrates rhythmically at dusk, causing canopy resonance.

• Habitat: Upper Vastwood trees during Threadmist season.

• Behavior: Group-harmonizes with others to mimic rainfall and dissuade predators.

• Resource: Skin-Drum Membrane — dried after natural death and used to make low-toned ritual drums.

• Notes: Highly territorial when wet.

3. Luun’vesh – “Mist-Walker of the Clefts”

• Classification: Vashari | Luun’vesh’iir

• Description: Pale blue-gray, nearly invisible in dense mist. Emits a low resonant trill that disrupts sonar-based predators.

• Habitat: Whisper-Clefts and Breathless Pools.

• Behavior: Moves in spirals, often mistaken for rising mist itself. Sleeps with limbs splayed wide.

• Resource: Trill Sac — used to confuse predator-beasts or protect young in training rites.

• Notes: Revered for its metaphorical ‘movement without being seen’.

4. Zheiluna – “Glow-Faced Listener”

• Classification: Vashari | Zheiluna’kha

• Description: Has bioluminescent patches along its “face” ridge, which shift patterns based on surrounding sound.

• Habitat: Quiet swamp hollows and shallow cavewater beds.

• Behavior: Often found sitting utterly still, responding only to tonal shifts in its environment.

• Resource: Pattern-Skin — dried and crushed into powder used in Voice-Focus salves.

• Notes: Some believe it “records” sacred songs sung near it.

5. Trehlunet – “Flinch-Tail of the Murkroot”

• Classification: Vashari | Trehlunet’sha

• Description: Long-tailed, black-spotted frog-like form with a rear flicker-fin.

• Habitat: Shallow mud canals and between swamp roots.

• Behavior: Tense and jumpy. The tail-flinch produces a snapping vibration, used to alert other fauna.

• Resource: Tail Filament — used by Aevori scouts as vibration-line alarms.

• Notes: Commonly companioned by small children and trained to alert.

6. Vahr’nael – “Sleeper Beneath the Pool-Face”

• Classification: Vashari | Vahr’nael’iin

• Description: Wide-bodied and algae-coated, this species remains motionless beneath still pools, mouth-upward, emitting slow pulsed rings on the surface.

• Habitat: Sacred reflection pools in the Inner Glade.

• Behavior: Passive and unmoving except during resonance storms.

• Resource: Pulse Saliva — induces trance states when mixed with Thunel Root.

• Notes: Known as “dream-keepers” among elder Aevori.

7. Osh’kaen – “Veil-Blinker”

• Classification: Vashari | Osh’kaen’dral

• Description: Possesses layered eyelids that can shimmer open and closed rapidly, reflecting moonlight in strange blinking sequences.

• Habitat: Fog basin peripheries.

• Behavior: Feeds on minute resonance-insects; its eye patterns are believed to encode terrain memory.

• Resource: Shimmer-Lid Scales — used in map-braiding and environmental tracing.

• Notes: Easily startled but harmless.

8. Erelthuun – “Mouth Without Sound”

• Classification: Vashari | Erelthuun’sa

• Description: Smooth, eyeless, with a wide mouth always open, filtering mist for nutrients. Lacks a vocal organ.

• Habitat: Deep caves with soft dripping limestone.

• Behavior: Glides using undulating body waves. Emits resonance-null zones—sounds vanish near them.

• Resource: Silence Membrane — used in crafting zones of quietude within ritual halls.

• Notes: Feared in legend as “eaters of song,” but ecologically vital.

9. Thri’elka – “Spine-Bright”

• Classification: Vashari | Thri’elka’rehn

• Description: Ridged spine with pulsating vertebral lights; stands upright on four limb-rods. Bioluminescence intensifies during rainfall.

• Habitat: Edge zones between caves and root basins.

• Behavior: Emits light pulses to deter predators. Sometimes seen dancing in storms.

• Resource: Spine-Lumen — essential in low-light surgery and night navigation tools.

• Notes: Considered a storm omen.

10. Shael’vuraan – “Croak-Wielder of Echo Deep”

• Classification: Vashari | Shael’vuraan’khai

• Description: Bulky with throat sac that produces deep echo-chimes. Mouth contains sharp inner ridges, but rarely used aggressively.

• Habitat: Bottom hollows of the Echo Deep cave networks.

• Behavior: Vocalizes before every lunar alignment.

• Resource: Echo Sac — used to replicate ancient tones and awaken dormant stone pathways.

• Notes: One of the oldest documented Vashari; considered sacred by Veu-Nahra echo-scribes.

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Section III: Kraelen – Reptile-Types of Velun

❖ GENUS: Kraelen

Scale-bonded, warmth-thriving, and pulse-reactive. The Kraelen are often crystalline-scaled, heat-sensitive, and echo-attuned. They dwell across high cliffs, warm forest ridges, lava-lined grottos, and light-filled cave vaults. Some exhibit primitive resonance mimicry and light-reflective camouflage.

1. Vau’drexin – “Stone-Gazer of the Shattered Rise”

• Classification: Kraelen | Vau’drexin’haar

• Description: Compact, lizard-like with hexagonal basalt-colored scales that ripple light like heat waves.

• Habitat: Cliff-lip terraces of the Shattered Rise.

• Behavior: Immobile for hours, tracking prey by internal heat signature shifts.

• Resource: Hexa-Scale — bonded into heat-detecting fabrics used by Aevori scouts.

• Notes: Cannot see movement, only temperature. Moves with eerie silence.

2. Trehnakil – “One Who Cracks the Glowrock”

• Classification: Kraelen | Trehnakil’vohr

• Description: Deep-bellied and horned, its claws vibrate at a frequency that fractures stone crusts covering glowing mineral nodes.

• Habitat: Lava-grotto edges and resonance fault lines.

• Behavior: Burrows with low growling hums.

• Resource: Fissure Horn — used to shape Vehlune stone during cave-home construction.

• Notes: Dangerous when cornered, but otherwise passive.

3. Shavrek’taal – “Echo-Shelled Drifter”

• Classification: Kraelen | Shavrek’taal’mur

• Description: Slow-crawling reptile with a domed, spiral-scalloped back that resonates musical tones when struck by falling mist or voice.

• Habitat: Mist caverns and song-basins.

• Behavior: Feeds on vibrational mosses. Remains curled in silence for days.

• Resource: Resonant Carapace — carved into ritual bells and tone-rings.

• Notes: Revered as “music-bearers.” Harm to one is taboo.

4. Draakheir – “Twilight Flicker-Beast”

• Classification: Kraelen | Draakheir’lyn

• Description: Long-bodied with prism-scale frills that flash spectral light as it darts through forest shadows.

• Habitat: Canopy fracture zones at twilight.

• Behavior: Hunts tiny Ixaari mid-flight. Extremely fast and difficult to see clearly.

• Resource: Frill-Light Dust — used to confuse predators or veil ritual entrances.

• Notes: Legendary speed; seen only as a blur to untrained eyes.

5. Ovrilach – “Cradle-Tongue”

• Classification: Kraelen | Ovrilach’rahn

• Description: Flattened body with a hinged, cup-like tongue used to catch cave-drip water and small cave insects.

• Habitat: Waterfall-rooted tunnels and cave-mouth shelves.

• Behavior: Patient ambusher; mates in spiraling dances.

• Resource: Tongue-Lure Filament — sticky protein used to catch pest-Ixaari.

• Notes: Said to predict shifts in underground water by vibrating their belly scales.

6. Vaelzuk’tuul – “Fracture-Born of the Warm Core”

• Classification: Kraelen | Vaelzuk’tuul’an

• Description: Red-scaled, ridge-backed lizard with mineral armor plating that cracks and reforms over time. Molts once per lunar cycle.

• Habitat: Geothermal veins below Veu-Nahra’s roots.

• Behavior: Migratory in tunnels. Uses seismic tremors to navigate.

• Resource: Rebirth Scale — used in ritual thresholds to symbolize cyclical rebirth.

• Notes: Known to attack when hungry; dangerous but intelligent.

7. Khaelin’vir – “Seer of the Crystalline Coil”

• Classification: Kraelen | Khaelin’vir’sil

• Description: Thin serpentine form with eyes like mirrored crystal. Slides between stone cracks as if dissolving.

• Habitat: Silanite caves and mirror pools.

• Behavior: Sight-based hunter that hypnotizes small prey with blinking light.

• Resource: Eye Shard — aids Aevori in crafting light-bending sight-lenses.

• Notes: Feared and admired in equal measure. Rare and difficult to track.

8. Threnzai – “Cliff-Flicker with Glass Bones”

• Classification: Kraelen | Threnzai’rahl

• Description: Transparent-boned, agile wall-scaler with a light-absorbing membrane over its spine. Becomes nearly invisible in daylight.

• Habitat: Cliffs of the Southern Maw and upper canyons.

• Behavior: Lives in small family clusters. Chirps at sunrise and dusk.

• Resource: Glass Femur Fragments — used in delicate Aevori jewelry and hearing rods.

• Notes: Gentle and watchful. Sightings are considered a good omen.

9. Zalluvren – “Wyrm of the Stone-Below”

• Classification: Kraelen | Zalluvren’thaa

• Description: Large, thick-scaled cave-dweller with limbs reduced to flipper-stubs. Glows faintly with inner biogeothermal pulses.

• Habitat: Deepest tunnels beneath Veu-Nahra.

• Behavior: Grinds stone with its jaws to digest mineral-rich fungi.

• Resource: Zalluvren Teeth — used to cut resonance-bonded materials.

• Notes: Semi-sentient, known to react to Aevori singing tones with grumbles or slow turns.

10. Irelnesh – “Singer’s Mirage”

• Classification: Kraelen | Irelnesh’vela

• Description: Luminous-scaled glider with wings like folded scrolls. Emits shimmering light while airborne.

• Habitat: High forest peaks during moonswell tides.

• Behavior: Only appears during shared ritual singing among Aevori. Drawn to harmony.

• Resource: Wing-Paper — fallen wings harvested for writing sacred glyphs; holds tone when written upon.

• Notes: Considered spirit-bound. Never captured, only gifted by death.

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Section IV: Theleri – Mammal-Types of Velun

❖ GENUS: Theleri

Fur-bearing, warm-blooded, often clan-oriented. Exhibiting complex behaviors, high sensory adaptability, and frequently involved in mutualism with Aevori culture or forest symbiosis. Found across forest plateaus, mist fields, cliff spires, and thermal valleys.

1. Kaevunel – “Echo-Ear of the Threadwood”

• Classification: Theleri | Kaevunel’thiin

• Description: Slender-limbed quadruped with large parabolic ears that shift orientation to detect resonance changes. Fur is slate-gray and velvet-soft.

• Habitat: Threadwood canopy platforms and ridge passes.

• Behavior: Moves in silence, often precedes seismic or spiritual shifts.

• Resource: Echo Pelt — used only from natural death, woven into blankets that vibrate when danger nears.

• Notes: Companion animal of Aevori scouts. Forms lifelong pair-bonds.

2. Thrai’vela – “Veil-Tailed Watcher”

• Classification: Theleri | Thrai’vela’raan

• Description: Fox-like, with long vaporous tail strands that shimmer in moonlight. Its eyes are pale and luminescent.

• Habitat: High cliff ledges during dusk and dawn.

• Behavior: Perches silently, observing. Vocalizes only in harmonic trios.

• Resource: Tail Plume — shed seasonally and braided into ceremonial mantles.

• Notes: Believed to be soul-guides. A sign of future clarity.

3. Delunther – “Tusk-Muzzle of the Root Halls”

• Classification: Theleri | Delunther’bohn

• Description: Massive burrower with moss-covered fur, downward curved tusks, and armored shoulder plates.

• Habitat: Root Halls beneath the mountain and near marshland transition zones.

• Behavior: Slow but incredibly strong; clears pathways during seasonal migration.

• Resource: Tusk Resin — scraped from tusks and hardened into cutting tools.

• Notes: Extremely protective of young. Known to remember Aevori individuals for decades.

4. Velshariin – “Mirror-Pelted Glider”

• Classification: Theleri | Velshariin’yel

• Description: Nocturnal glider with silver-threaded fur and ultrathin gliding membranes. Body temperature adapts to light frequency.

• Habitat: Forest canopy between the Singing Trees and Silvan Grottos.

• Behavior: Sings in clicks and high tones. Glides between sacred sites during rituals.

• Resource: Wing-Skin — cast-offs used in the making of ultra-sensitive veils.

• Notes: Never hunted. If one lands near an Aevori, it is believed the land itself is listening.

5. Brae’vuthen – “Root-Crawler of the Warm Hollow”

• Classification: Theleri | Brae’vuthen’draal

• Description: Badger-like body with fur that shifts color by temperature and mood. Has sensitive claw pads that detect soil resonance.

• Habitat: Near thermal springs and fermented mud hollows.

• Behavior: Digs root nests that later become fungal gardens.

• Resource: Claw Oil — used in protective Aevori barrier rituals and territorial scent markers.

• Notes: Aggressive only when threatened. Will adopt orphaned animals into its den.

6. Kaeshuraal – “Breath-Bound to the Mist”

• Classification: Theleri | Kaeshuraal’veil

• Description: Antelope-shaped, with translucent neck fronds that absorb and reflect mist light. Moves with barely perceptible footsteps.

• Habitat: Near Whisper-Clefts and mist-draped uplands.

• Behavior: Communicates with resonance clicks through chest sacs.

• Resource: Mist Gland — used in Dream-Snare rituals and calming teas.

• Notes: Seen only in early morning; its presence is an invitation to silence.

7. Vellarnok – “Howl-Chorus of the Open Night”

• Classification: Theleri | Vellarnok’hal

• Description: Wolf-sized pack animal with back-thorn quills and a hollow resonance chamber in the chest.

• Habitat: Outer ridges and open forest clearings.

• Behavior: Packs howl in multilayered harmony before storms.

• Resource: Quill Husk — used in instruments and shock-snares.

• Notes: Dangerous when provoked. Protected by pact-rites among Aevori hunters.

8. Shaalvenii – “Pulse-Sniffer of the Forgotten Paths”

• Classification: Theleri | Shaalvenii’khet

• Description: Small, agile, otter-like. Possesses a forward-facing resonance gland in the snout that detects unmarked paths and invisible structures.

• Habitat: Forest streams and subterranean wayrivers.

• Behavior: Traces ancient glyph trails long since hidden.

• Resource: Snout-Gland Secretion — used in Path-Inking when mapping old tunnels.

• Notes: Highly intelligent; sometimes trained to accompany wayseekers.

9. Fraulik’ten – “Hearth-Sleeper of the Hollow Hearth”

• Classification: Theleri | Fraulik’ten’mah

• Description: Medium-sized, long-haired mammal with chest flame-glands that produce low heat. Emits gentle thrum when near sleeping beings.

• Habitat: Communal nests near volcanic warmth vents and Aevori hearth rooms.

• Behavior: Co-sleeps with other creatures. Produces soothing resonance waves.

• Resource: Thrum Fur — used in the lining of child cradles and elder blankets.

• Notes: Often domesticated by Aevori families. Lives over a decade.

10. Osh’variin – “Twin-Horn of the Waking Light”

• Classification: Theleri | Osh’variin’lae

• Description: Graceful herd creature with mirrored twin horns, one curved forward, one backward. Horns glow at dawn.

• Habitat: Dawnward Glades and sun-facing cliff plains.

• Behavior: Grazes in spiral herds. Begins movement at first sunlight.

• Resource: Shed Horn Gleam — collected once yearly, ground into reflective powder for visibility in sacred marches.

• Notes: Never hunted. Presence denotes the turning of seasonal tide.

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Section V: Nothari – Marsupial-Types of Velun

❖ GENUS: Nothari

Carriers of life in folds of flesh and resonance. Marsupial analogs in Velun show a wide range of adaptation: prehensile tails, memory-linked pouches, bioluminescent milk sacs, and defensive maternal behaviors. Deeply integrated into both forest and sacred underground biomes.

1. Thail’vureth – “The Soft-Bearer Beneath Roots”

• Classification: Nothari | Thail’vureth’mol

• Description: Medium-sized with earth-toned fur and thick forearms for digging. Glows faintly around its pouch when carrying young.

• Habitat: Beneath sacred root clusters and silvan burrows.

• Behavior: Raises its young in rotating pouch cycles. Digs spiral nests.

• Resource: Nest-Pelt — shed fur woven into infant sleepwraps that regulate temperature and sound.

• Notes: Protective to the point of ferocity. Will not abandon offspring.

2. Ashra’lohen – “Memory-Pouched Sky Leaper”

• Classification: Nothari | Ashra’lohen’sair

• Description: Long-legged glider with wind-sensitive fur tufts and a pouch that seals with song-triggered muscle contraction.

• Habitat: Wind-laced canopy cliffs.

• Behavior: Leaps across massive tree spans. Only lands near known memory sites.

• Resource: Pouch Silk — harvested after natural death; used in memory-sealing veils.

• Notes: Considered semi-sentient. Avoids corrupted ground.

3. Nir’vulthaen – “Mist-Pouched Lanternkin”

• Classification: Nothari | Nir’vulthaen’vel

• Description: Bioluminescent belly-pouch lined with glowing mucus, used to carry young through mists. Small ears, blind.

• Habitat: Deep marsh glades and sunken grottos.

• Behavior: Navigates by humming and echoing off water surfaces.

• Resource: Mistslime — used in slow-release illumination beads by the Aevori.

• Notes: Moves only at dusk. Feared and revered as a guide-animal for the dying.

4. Zuen’talli – “Cradle-Horn of the Singing Steps”

• Classification: Nothari | Zuen’talli’hael

• Description: Broad-skulled, knee-high marsupial with hollow bony horns that produce music when struck. Carries infants in throat pouches.

• Habitat: Singing Steppe and lower forest glades.

• Behavior: Defends territory by stomping rhythms in clusters.

• Resource: Horn Chalices — used in tone-rituals to evoke silence, peace, or warning.

• Notes: Social and group-mimicry oriented. Aevori use their calls in training dances.

5. Valroshin – “The Pulse-Bound One”

• Classification: Nothari | Valroshin’thael

• Description: Slightly translucent, skin-like membrane covers the pouch. When young are near death, its heartbeat slows to match theirs and stabilize them.

• Habitat: Forest-heart thickets and humid underground caverns.

• Behavior: Sleeps upright, pressed to trees or cavern stone.

• Resource: Pulse Membrane — harvested only from shed pouches, used in healing wraps.

• Notes: Associated with sacred birth and recovery rites. Never harmed.

6. Velu’naek – “Dream-Tailed Archive-Kin”

• Classification: Nothari | Velu’naek’rehn

• Description: Curl-tailed, long-snouted marsupial with ink-like markings on its tail and ears. Licks bark in spirals to encode scent-memory trails.

• Habitat: Veu-Nahra’s external slopes and sap-groves.

• Behavior: Returns to the same “memory trees” across generations.

• Resource: Tail Secretion — used to anoint sacred bark scrolls in archive vaults.

• Notes: Spiritually aligned with long-term record keeping. Often followed by young Aevori archivists.

7. Shaela’runeth – “Grasp-Dancer of the Moon Hollow”

• Classification: Nothari | Shaela’runeth’var

• Description: Agile quadruped with bi-fingered feet and prehensile tail tipped with spore-collecting feelers.

• Habitat: Fungal caverns and glowing root beds.

• Behavior: Dances at moonrise atop fungal domes to shake spores into the wind.

• Resource: Spore-Fur — collected in morning, aids in fermentation and sacred dye.

• Notes: Celebrated in songs. Believed to cleanse air when population flourishes.

8. Duunvayr – “The Back-Walker with Mirror Eyes”

• Classification: Nothari | Duunvayr’mirn

• Description: Moves backwards only, due to forward-placed knees. Pouch rests atop its back like a pack, allowing infant vision forward.

• Habitat: Outer forest rims near predator zones.

• Behavior: Lives in pairs. Emits sudden flashes of eye-reflection to confuse attackers.

• Resource: Eye Lenses — collected after death, polished into directional filters for far-seeing Aevori devices.

• Notes: Regarded as protectors of blind visionaries.

9. Orellnaal – “Split-Born of the Thunder-Cleft”

• Classification: Nothari | Orellnaal’vek

• Description: Births twins in opposite pouches and separates them at adolescence, sending one upward into trees and one downward into earth-hollows.

• Habitat: Thunder-Cleft Ravines and overroot caves.

• Behavior: Females mate once per lifetime. Young never meet again.

• Resource: Spiral Milk — nutrient-rich with echo-laced chemical memory. Used by Aevori in deep dream rites.

• Notes: Touching both offspring in the same moment is said to disrupt fate’s thread.

10. Trenavaal – “The Wall-Gripper”

• Classification: Nothari | Trenavaal’korr

• Description: Slim-bodied, marsupial with rotating ankle bones and padded suction digits. Carries young in chest pouch while scaling sheer stone.

• Habitat: Crystalline cliffs, Veu-Nahra’s outer spires.

• Behavior: Vertical nomads, descending only to give birth in ground moss.

• Resource: Grip-Secretions — used in binding arts for climb-gear and sacred weaving.

• Notes: Their pouchless males hum harmonic cliff-notes to mark territory.

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Section VII: Virellin – Arachnid-Types of Velun

❖ GENUS: Virellin

Eight-limbed sentients of precision and patience. The Virellin range from gossamer web-architects to memory-latching stone-dwellers. Though most are not venomous in the traditional sense, their bite or touch may transmit numbing frequencies, hypnotic pulses, or resonance shockwaves. These beings are foundational to textile, filtration, and ritual defense systems in Velun.

1. Nyss’aevra – “Thread-Builder of the Last Echo”

• Classification: Virellin | Nyss’aevra’ten

• Description: Transparent-bodied spinner with long silken legs and a veil-like abdomen, near-invisible in daylight.

• Habitat: Canopy shadow-webs and echo chambers near sacred singing roots.

• Behavior: Spun webs vibrate with voices of the dead when touched in silence.

• Resource: Echo Silk — used in burial robes and memory-screens.

• Notes: Considered a passagekeeper. Never approached with spoken voice.

2. Drolvariin – “Stone-Binder of the Deep Wall”

• Classification: Virellin | Drolvariin’morh

• Description: Stone-hued exoskeleton with crystalline spikes. Dwells in cliffside fractures. Legs produce micro-vibrations through rock.

• Habitat: High vertical cliff burrows and deep fault crevices.

• Behavior: Encodes spatial memory maps into rock via subtle tapping.

• Resource: Cliff Resin — used to reinforce Aevori climbing tools and preserve cave etchings.

• Notes: Avoided by children. Sometimes kept by Warden-climbers as guide pets.

3. Shaen’trivex – “Vein-Walker of the Glow Moss”

• Classification: Virellin | Shaen’trivex’vahn

• Description: Luminous-legged arachnid with mossy dorsal spines and bifurcated eyes that reflect moonlight.

• Habitat: Wet caverns and moss beds along riverbanks.

• Behavior: Follows bioluminescent prey. Restores moss health by deterring rot-fungi.

• Resource: Glow Moss Residue — enhances bio-lanterns and herbal salves.

• Notes: Bringer of moonlight healing. Revered by cave-menders.

4. Kalevrith – “Blade-Foot of the Memory Stone”

• Classification: Virellin | Kalevrith’rahn

• Description: Jet-black armored arachnid with scythe-like front limbs and delicate rear spinnerets.

• Habitat: Beneath Memory Stones and old shrines.

• Behavior: Guards locations of high spiritual weight. May cut intruders with precision, but never kills.

• Resource: Stone Fiber — used to frame the outer rims of resonance tablets.

• Notes: Known to mourn when a shrine collapses. Defensive, not aggressive.

5. Ulen’savael – “Pulse-Shell Tactile Weaver”

• Classification: Virellin | Ulen’savael’keth

• Description: Oval-bodied with pulse-sensitive bristles and short curved fangs. Webs form in concentric, cymatic circles.

• Habitat: Damp chambers near tonal mineral deposits.

• Behavior: Responds to vibrations of the living. Spins only when heartbeat aligns.

• Resource: Cymatic Thread — reacts to sound, used in song-reception gowns and rite drums.

• Notes: Bonded with only through full silence and mutual stillness.

6. Talva’rexun – “Ash-Born from the Burning Hollow”

• Classification: Virellin | Talva’rexun’fyr

• Description: Charcoal-colored, fire-resistant spider with soot-collecting underlegs.

• Habitat: Forest fire scars, volcanic vents, burned root tunnels.

• Behavior: Feeds on post-burn detritus. Seals fissures with molten silk.

• Resource: Ash Thread — sacred in mourning tapestries and rites of transformation.

• Notes: Feared for its association with change, but never hostile.

7. Velithraen – “Sky-Skimmer of the Crystal Arches”

• Classification: Virellin | Velithraen’venh

• Description: Iridescent-winged arachnid with gliding membranes between legs. Emits faint whistling sound when aloft.

• Habitat: Mountain arches and wind-carved rock bridges.

• Behavior: Uses air currents to drift from cliff to cliff. Avoids solid ground.

• Resource: Wing Webbing — harvested post-mortem, vital in glider-craft design.

• Notes: Embodied spirit of the unreachable. Honored by skyward Aevori.

8. Nael’vorrin – “Hollow-Eyed Listener”

• Classification: Virellin | Nael’vorrin’syl

• Description: Blind, long-limbed spider with resonance-sensitive hairs. Does not spin webs but “hears” through ground echoes.

• Habitat: Temple ruins, night-glades, forgotten paths.

• Behavior: Follows paths of grief and unresolved memory.

• Resource: Listening Threads — grow from leg tips after death; used to bind books of mourning.

• Notes: Approaches the dying in their final hour. Its presence is never spoken of aloud.

9. Thurexaan – “Flash-Leg of the Shattered Nest”

• Classification: Virellin | Thurexaan’vorr

• Description: Flickering arachnid with flashing joints that strobe rapidly. Confuses predators and mimics broken time.

• Habitat: Veilstorm fracture zones and shiver-root clusters.

• Behavior: Erratic, yet completely harmless. May enter sleeping quarters uninvited.

• Resource: Flash-Skin — embedded in ritual garments to reflect hostile intent.

• Notes: Considered insane by some Aevori, sacred by others. Said to dance on the edge of corrupted time.

10. Maevurnix – “The Cradle-Weaver of First Light”

• Classification: Virellin | Maevurnix’laehl

• Description: Silver-webbed maternal species that creates vast horizontal canopy cradles in communal groves. Legs glow faintly at dawn.

• Habitat: Birth groves and child-training glens.

• Behavior: Spins massive birth hammocks from dusk to dawn, then vanishes. Never seen by more than one Aevori at a time.

• Resource: Firstlight Silk — used only once in each generation to swaddle a Seer-child.

• Notes: Sacred. Never killed. A single thread is kept in the Mountain archives for each generation.

THE CODEX OF LIVING FORMS – VOLUME II

Beings of Depth, Sky, Tone, and Shadow

Compiled under veil-light by Neutral Scribe Sel’varon, under the High Boughs of Veu-Nahra

“The water-borne carry our secrets. Where light fails, they hum.”

THE CODEX OF LIVING FORMS – VOLUME II

SECTION I: Lunthari – Aquatic Types of Velun

❖ GENUS: Lunthari

The Lunthari are fluid-bound creatures of the marshes, submerged caves, luminous springs, and ancestral rivers of Velun. Their bodies often shimmer with bio-resonance or mimic the glacial stillness of sacred water. Some hum. Some flicker. Others vanish when observed too closely. Many are capable of minor phase-harmonics and lend resources vital to Aevori healing, concealment, and memory induction.

1. Vae’miruun – “Mirror-Song Dweller”

• Classification: Lunthari | Vae’miruun’ten

• Description: Silver-scaled, eel-like body with a vertical crest of resonant filaments that sing when submerged.

• Habitat: Deep springpools beneath Singing Root Groves.

• Behavior: Swims in spirals that produce harmonic echoes. Responds to nearby sadness by slowing its song.

• Resource: Echo Oil – harvested from molted skin, used in grief-soothing rituals and tuning memory stones.

• Notes: Never touched directly. Considered an empathic echo-carrier.

2. Thallivarx – “Vein-Gilled Shadow Feeder”

• Classification: Lunthari | Thallivarx’murh

• Description: Flat-bodied, manta-like with glowing under-veins and paddle-tail. Skin ripples with illusionary projections.

• Habitat: Silt-bottomed floodwaters of the Vehlune overflow canals.

• Behavior: Disguises itself as leaves, stones, or shadow pools. Devours decomposing matter silently.

• Resource: Shadow Mucus – used in invisibility salves and predator cloaks.

• Notes: Must be thanked if harvested. Disrespecting it causes hallucinations.

3. Nuraelith – “Sleeper Beneath the Pearlfoam”

• Classification: Lunthari | Nuraelith’vesh

• Description: Semi-transparent jellyform with floating pearl-like neural clusters. Moves only during moonrise.

• Habitat: Still pools in ancient glades.

• Behavior: Reacts only to music or moonlight. Non-responsive otherwise.

• Resource: Moon-Gel – used in Seer incubation rites and slow-dream potions.

• Notes: Believed to contain dreams from the first age of Velun.

4. Veluunthra – “Stream-Keeper of Memory Threads”

• Classification: Lunthari | Veluunthra’lin

• Description: Four-legged fish-beast with translucent back fins and luminous strand-trails. Eyes shimmer violet.

• Habitat: Flowing root-channels beneath memory gardens.

• Behavior: Trails glowing filaments that encode nearby thoughts in motion.

• Resource: Thread-Spine – woven into resonance nets and truth-verification tools.

• Notes: Never captured. Threads must be gifted or left behind.

5. Syrvanni – “Reed-Walker of the Mist Delta”

• Classification: Lunthari | Syrvanni’thul

• Description: Froglike creature with fin-webbed arms and spiraled horn-frill. Emits a flute-like croon.

• Habitat: Mist-flooded reed valleys.

• Behavior: Floats upright in water, calls in spirals. Alters mist density by pulse.

• Resource: Reed Frill – dries into a mist-dispelling fan used during trail clearings.

• Notes: Calls are encoded with forgotten names. Used in veil-unraveling rituals.

6. Orrhalith – “Tide-Glass Lurker”

• Classification: Lunthari | Orrhalith’vaen

• Description: Glass-like crustacean with prism-shell plates and six thin legs that can burrow in mud instantly.

• Habitat: Brackish edgewaters and tidal glades.

• Behavior: Reflects surroundings, appears invisible unless viewed at an angle.

• Resource: Prism Shell – refracts harmful resonance; used to forge Warden eye-lenses.

• Notes: Shatters if exposed to direct sunlight. Night-harvested only.

7. Khaalvenyr – “Mud-Hearted Pulse Feeder”

• Classification: Lunthari | Khaalvenyr’marh

• Description: Slow, broad-bodied water beast with pulsing under-flesh that beats like a second heart.

• Habitat: Thermal springs and whisper-pools.

• Behavior: Feeds on heat and emotional emanations. Bonds with mourners.

• Resource: Pulse Tallow – burned during remembrance rites; sustains emotional warmth.

• Notes: Large, peaceful. Used as a grief companion. Said to understand regret.

8. Ethelvriin – “Flare-Fin of the Crimson Shoal”

• Classification: Lunthari | Ethelvriin’tesh

• Description: Rapid-swimming dartfish with tail-fins that burn bright red during spawning season. Emits visible heat-trails.

• Habitat: Crimson Root Shoals in flooded sunlit banks.

• Behavior: Breeds in spirals of light and leaves trails of thermal pigment.

• Resource: Flare Ink – used in combat scribing and emergency forest signals.

• Notes: Harvested only during mating season. Violent if disrupted.

9. Nihvalsae – “Drifter of the Hollow Current”

• Classification: Lunthari | Nihvalsae’lyn

• Description: Tentacled plankton-mass organism with a hollow center and wave-reactive strands. Bioluminescent nerves flicker like fireflies.

• Habitat: Submerged sinkholes near forgotten ruins.

• Behavior: Feeds on spiritual echoes left by drowned things.

• Resource: Veil Nerve – powdered for lucid dream salves.

• Notes: Considered semi-sentient. Avoided by those afraid of death-memory.

10. Shaurxael – “The Breathless One”

• Classification: Lunthari | Shaurxael’korr

• Description: Enormous, serpent-bodied water entity with no visible mouth or eyes. Covered in barnacle-like nodes that pulse with deep tone.

• Habitat: Bottomless lake within the Whisper-Cleft.

• Behavior: Does not move in typical time. Appears only to those who no longer breathe.

• Resource: None. Sight of it alone can alter one’s memory matrix.

• Notes: Feared. Loved. Never spoken of directly. Perhaps not alive in the usual sense.

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SECTION II: Vaelari – Avian Types of Velun

❖ GENUS: Vaelari

The Vaelari are creatures of the sky, canopy, and cliffside current. Their wings are not always feathers—some are scale-filaments, others made of refractive lightweb or misted toneplume. Their songs are rare but sacred, and each cry holds encoded memory. Some Vaelari are omen-bearers, others wind-messengers, a few known to interrupt silence only in moments of great resonance.

1. Zevhaal – “The Storm’s Listening Spine”

• Classification: Vaelari | Zevhaal’nir

• Description: Towering avian with spined wings that crackle when thunder nears. Eyes entirely white.

• Habitat: High stone cliffs above the Spiral Ravine.

• Behavior: Flocks only before incoming Veilstorms. Appears in total silence.

• Resource: Spine Feathers – hold micro-charge, used in storm-forecasting rods.

• Notes: Aevori say it “overhears the gods arguing.” Not hunted—only gifted.

2. Ilvrenae – “Mirror-Tongued Windkeeper”

• Classification: Vaelari | Ilvrenae’sha

• Description: Small, swift bird with mirrored beak and echo-reactive tailfeathers.

• Habitat: Open sky corridors and tree-line gaps.

• Behavior: Mimics only sounds not heard in decades. Attracted to forgotten voices.

• Resource: Tailfeather Chime – plucked with permission; used in echo-callers and communication talismans.

• Notes: Sometimes appears to the dying. Considered a transitional guide.

3. Kaellunth – “Ash-Wing of the Burned Hollow”

• Classification: Vaelari | Kaellunth’reth

• Description: Charcoal-colored, ember-speckled wings. Emits smoke-trail while flying.

• Habitat: Scorched groves and fire-hardened cliffbanks.

• Behavior: Nest in still-smoldering wood. Feed on fire-moths and cinder seeds.

• Resource: Smokeplume Down – filters toxic air when woven into breathcloth.

• Notes: Seen after sacred burning rituals. May represent cleansing rebirth.

4. Vaeyr’muth – “The Eye Over Returning Waters”

• Classification: Vaelari | Vaeyr’muth’lir

• Description: Wide-winged, fan-tailed; body glows faint blue during migration.

• Habitat: Follows migratory spiral rivers.

• Behavior: Circles over travelers or long-returning Aevori. Guides with light pulses.

• Resource: Wing Ash – collected after death; used in journey blessings.

• Notes: Appears in ancestral dreams. Never flies the same path twice.

5. Threnai – “Songcut of the Last Light”

• Classification: Vaelari | Threnai’velun

• Description: Narrow-beaked, dusk-feathered bird that sings once at twilight and never again.

• Habitat: Single-visit canopies near sacred quiet groves.

• Behavior: Each individual sings only once in its life.

• Resource: None, but those who hear it can remember something previously lost.

• Notes: Only one Threnai is born each cycle of the Listening Tide.

6. Aulnex – “The Crescent Boneflier”

• Classification: Vaelari | Aulnex’kai

• Description: Bone-winged nocturnal flier. Wings form crescent arcs with hollow bones that whistle while turning.

• Habitat: Moonlit caverns and sky-rifts above the forest ceiling.

• Behavior: Flies in loops that stir wind and memory dust.

• Resource: Bone Flute Fragments – resonate only when played by someone grieving.

• Notes: Carved replicas used in mourning flutes. Actual feathers are taboo.

7. Thernilune – “Flicker-Feather of the Rift Canopy”

• Classification: Vaelari | Thernilune’sel

• Description: Small bird composed almost entirely of refracted light. Seen only in peripheral vision.

• Habitat: Near rift-glade crossings where dimensional thinness occurs.

• Behavior: Does not perch. Seen only during focus shift or waking transitions.

• Resource: None. Some believe it doesn’t exist physically at all.

• Notes: Whispered name invoked to guide lucid dreamers to safety.

8. Volhriik – “Spiral-Talon Skycarver”

• Classification: Vaelari | Volhriik’zan

• Description: Medium-sized predator bird with spiral-carved talons that leave glyph-like gouges in bark.

• Habitat: Cliffsides and high canopy platforms.

• Behavior: Hunts in resonant pattern-flight, often in groups of five.

• Resource: Talon Shavings – used to inscribe protective ward symbols in fresh wood.

• Notes: Associated with Warden birth-signs. Some say they guard one’s future.

9. Len’vaali – “Feather-Drift Prophet”

• Classification: Vaelari | Len’vaali’verh

• Description: Round-bodied, owl-like with massive plumage and full-body halo glow.

• Habitat: Outer groves during Threadmist Season.

• Behavior: Hover-glides silently. Feathers shift in pattern with local resonance shifts.

• Resource: Resonance Quill – taken post-death only, used to write spiritual intentions.

• Notes: Writing with the quill alters the emotional tone of nearby memory stones.

10. Myxaevre – “The One Who Swallows Echoes”

• Classification: Vaelari | Myxaevre’dolh

• Description: Black-plumed, beakless bird with inward-folding throat structure. Absorbs sound within 30 spans.

• Habitat: Nesting above the Silent Pools and on the spires of Veu-Nahra itself.

• Behavior: Absorbs cries of pain, war, or rage. Muted territory becomes hallowed.

• Resource: None traditionally, though the Aevori believe the presence of this bird signifies the end of conflict.

• Notes: Called “The Final Listener.” Seeing one after battle is seen as sacred closure.

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SECTION III: Orthelune – Resonance-Born Creatures of Velun

❖ GENUS: Orthelune

Created from pure resonance and sylvan memory, the Orthelune exist between the seen and unheard. Neither fully corporeal nor entirely spectral, these beings arise during deep listening rituals, in response to collective grief, or where memory-storms cascade. They are threshold guardians, helpers in rites, or warnings of imbalance. Most are short-lived; a few persist in weakened form, weaving between the worlds.

1. Eclairu – “Song-Shard Emergent”

• Classification: Orthelune | Eclairu’ael

• Description: Flickering crystaline apparition shaped like a humming shard of light.

• Habitat: Awakens in circular stone-memorials during intense mourning.

• Behavior: Emits a pure single-tone hum that repeats a sorrowful echo.

• Resource: None physical. But when present, those listening may regain a lost memory.

• Notes: Self-vanishes upon anyone’s attempt to capture it.

2. Vel’lorathe – “Mist-Bearer of Forgotten Harmonies”

• Classification: Orthelune | Vel’lorathe’vir

• Description: Semi-translucent bear-shaped form woven from drifting mist and silent tones.

• Habitat: Emerges in fog-hidden glades during Listening Tide.

• Behavior: Carries lost melodies. Appears to those who seek ancestral guidance.

• Resource: Mist-shard. Small frozen drops left on leaves that hum hallucinatory notes when carried home.

• Notes: Guides seekers to elders of the land; cannot be seen directly, only felt.

3. Aevrisil – “Glint of Unspoken Words”

• Classification: Orthelune | Aevrisil’drahn

• Description: Silvery bird-shaped shimmer that speaks only in half-tones and sings incomplete phrases.

• Habitat: Dwells in rift-canopy thresholds and shrine thresholds.

• Behavior: Mirrors the speaker’s last unspoken thought in song.

• Resource: None physical, but hearing it enough restores courage in the speaker.

• Notes: Regarded as a blessing to the timid and a plague for the boastful.

4. Thyrellun – “Footstep of the Stillborn Path”

• Classification: Orthelune | Thyrellun’kae

• Description: A humanoid silhouette that drifts just ahead of travelers, visible only at peripheral glance.

• Habitat: Appears on forgotten paths and abandoned way-groves.

• Behavior: Leads wanderers onward, then disappears at dawn or approach.

• Resource: None, though following it may lead to rediscovery of lost Aevori cache.

• Notes: Considered both guidance and trickster; one must bind a chord of intention before seeking.

5. Shaelrinv – “Chord of Shattered Harmony”

• Classification: Orthelune | Shaelrinv’thul

• Description: A spider-shimmer with fractal limbs that plucks spectral webbing echoing old chants.

• Habitat: Emerges around destroyed sanctums or memory-stones that have cracked.

• Behavior: Weaves broken melodies until it fades.

• Resource: Web-Strand Pinch — carrying a strand brings strength to mend broken resonance instruments.

• Notes: Appears only during full moon; some say trapped shards may awaken.

6. Nae’virath – “Echo in the Hollow”

• Classification: Orthelune | Nae’virath’mir

• Description: Centipede-like shimmer that rumbles along cave floors, producing low hums.

• Habitat: Hidden tunnel floors & subterranean storage vaults.

• Behavior: Surveys acoustic instability. Moves where dissonance lingers.

• Resource: None, though its presence before collapse is said to grant warning to caretakers.

• Notes: Does not allow beings to approach; tremors precede its retreat.

7. Thiloraen – “Tear of the Veiled Past”

• Classification: Orthelune | Thiloraen’sel

• Description: Drip-shaped resonance-glow that floats above sacred wells.

• Habitat: Rests atop protective water memorials.

• Behavior: Each drop air-vibrates in sync with the weeping of those who pray.

• Resource: Collected Tears of Tone — stored for personal memory renewal rites.

• Notes: Cannot be collected directly; one collects what condenses on stone.

8. Velrethun – “Stone-Borne Resonance Waker”

• Classification: Orthelune | Velrethun’khae

• Description: Torsoress resonant ripple across walls, shaped by the last person to carve there.

• Habitat: Stone-carved corridors & glyph-locations.

• Behavior: Replays last sound recorded in that stone.

• Resource: None, but listening with crystal ear brings historical clarity.

• Notes: Never appears with living sound; only in utter silence.

9. Ael’veorn – “Memory-Feather of Times Crossed”

• Classification: Orthelune | Ael’veorn’thae

• Description: A single giant feather-shaped shimmer drifting within old library halls.

• Habitat: Archives and slow-drift archives under Veu-Nahra.

• Behavior: Gently brushes loose dust, leaving behind faint tone-marks.

• Resource: Impressed Dust — read by initiates to reveal hidden script.

• Notes: Only appears when a truth seeker is present.

10. Shael’voran – “Pulse-Chain of the Circle Rite”

• Classification: Orthelune | Shael’voran’kae

• Description: Circular ring of floating tone-wisps that appear during full-ritual rites.

• Habitat: Only during active rites in sacred groves.

• Behavior: Drifts in a perfect circle above the rite-ground.

• Resource: Rite-Echo – recorded via tone-lenses and used to preserve ritual purity.

• Notes: Dissipates with breaking of sacred protocols.

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SECTION IV: Varashiin – Corrupted Variants of Velunic Life

❖ GENUS: Varashiin

The Varashiin are aberrations born not solely of disease or natural mutation, but of spiritual fracture. When resonance is broken, memory desecrated, or sacred cycles defied, the once-balanced lifeforms of Velun may twist into these warped reflections. Many are recognizably related to their original forms—some once beloved, others neutral—but now echo pain, silence, and hunger. Their behavior is erratic, their presence disquieting, and their gifts often poisonous.

Note: Aevori never refer to these beings by their original names. The moment of transformation is considered a spiritual severing.

1. Karnith-Vael – “The Hollow-Sky Breaker”

• Origin: Corrupted form of the Vaelari Zevhaal

• Description: Its wings snap lightning in reverse; storms flee from it. Bleeds vaporized resonance.

• Behavior: Appears during resonance-starved Veilstorms. Its call silences all nearby sound for hours.

• Resource: Ashbone Talons – dangerous, yet used as nullifiers in sacred silencing blades.

• Notes: Seeing one is a harbinger of irreversible spiritual fracture.

2. Thul’kaarn – “The Mirror Maw”

• Origin: Formerly an Ilvrenae

• Description: Its beak has folded inward, producing a spherical mouth that reflects the face of its killer.

• Behavior: Mimics voices perfectly, but always in reversed order and only to lure.

• Resource: Broken Tongue Shard – used in the silencing of Varashin cults.

• Notes: Appears near abandoned ritual sites and former Aevori outposts.

3. Naxriithul – “The Eye in Threadflesh”

• Origin: Unknown; theorized mix of corrupted marsupial-type and arachnid-type.

• Description: Body stitched from radiant sinew and thread. Single massive eye in chest.

• Behavior: Remains still in dense mist. Screeches only when approached by a known name-bearer.

• Resource: No harvest. Attempting to remove any part results in memory burn.

• Notes: It is said to remember every forgotten name ever uttered.

4. Veluthan – “The Echo-Drowned Beast”

• Origin: Formerly a Thiloraen

• Description: Now leaks dark water from hollow eye-sockets. Constant dripping echo wherever it moves.

• Behavior: Found around dried sacred wells. Causes resonance-stone malfunctions.

• Resource: Echo-Sap – collected by reckless Whisper-Lore seers. Can amplify false visions.

• Notes: Used only under strict guardianship in vision-battles.

5. Grul’Vexiin – “Crawl of the Forgotten Chord”

• Origin: Believed to be a collapsed form of Shaelrinv, though no consensus exists.

• Description: Moves as if unfolding from nothing. Limbs bend inwards; mouth has no end.

• Behavior: Consumes sound, not prey. Leaves entire glades in permanent silence.

• Resource: Spinal Fragment – used to silence living wood that won’t stop screaming.

• Notes: Markings appear as failed glyphs on bark near its wake.

6. Sarn’raathi – “The Fractured Memory Husk”

• Origin: Former Len’vaali, believed to have corrupted during a failed rite.

• Description: Feathers crack and fall off endlessly. Emits the last memories of the dying.

• Behavior: Attracted to grief. Lingers around communal mourning sites.

• Resource: Dust-Feather – when burned, releases vivid past-life visions. Risk of permanent detachment.

• Notes: Not hunted. Instead, ritually danced away using the Spiral Pulse rhythm.

7. Kyrexuul – “The Bloodroot Harvester”

• Origin: Unknown. Possibly native to Deep Caves before corruption.

• Description: Burrows beneath sacred roots. Appears where Zahluni vines die without cause.

• Behavior: Corrupts ground resonance. Emits subharmonic pulses that drain nearby flora.

• Resource: Spine-Vein – used in purification trials; deadly to the untrained.

• Notes: Warden glyphs mark trees above its presence with warding braids.

8. Vor’Naelleth – “The Flickering Hunger”

• Origin: Distorted shadow of Thernilune

• Description: Refracted shimmer now strobing violently. Causes hallucinations when stared into.

• Behavior: Draws the curious toward rift-lips; often results in disappearance.

• Resource: Light Residue – used in false-veil masks by Outward Seekers.

• Notes: Aevori youths are warned in rhymes to never follow flicker alone.

9. Ulmariin – “The Rift-Clawed Chain”

• Origin: Corrupted Volhriik

• Description: Talons grown into chains. Wings no longer flap—levitates through sheer resonance bleed.

• Behavior: Haunts sky-paths above lost battlefield memories.

• Resource: Chain-Talon Loop – forbidden to forge. Found only on ritual grounds.

• Notes: If seen, an offering must be left or talons will mark your dreams.

10. Vehlariis – “The Uncarried Dead”

• Origin: Believed to be resonance-born from collective grave forgetting.

• Description: Formless, mist-coiled shape with weeping chants in reverse.

• Behavior: Drifts across sites where names were never remembered.

• Resource: Mourner’s Breath – captured mist used in rites of closure.

• Notes: Those who hear its chant too long forget their own names temporarily.

Summary Note:

Varashiin are not classified under standard lifeform codices. The Aevori regard them as echoes of unresolved cycles. If one persists for more than a season, a Warden is summoned to “retune the break.”

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SECTION V: Threnava – Great Beasts of Velun

❖ GENUS: Threnava

Legendary and rare, the Threnava are colossal denizens of Velun’s forgotten realms: deep caverns, sky-piercing summits, and memory-lost forest depths. Often near-mythical, their existence is whispered rather than confirmed. Revered and feared, they often make presence known through resonance tremors, auroral displays, or by breaching ritual thresholds during cataclysmic events.

1. Zhaalorun – “Vein‑Heart of the Deep”

• Classification: Threnava | Zhaalorun’ther

• Description: Massive subterranean pachyderm-like creature with vein‑lined sapphire plates and slow rhythmic tremors that echo through caves.

• Habitat: Under‑city caverns of Veu‑Nahra.

• Behavior: Moves once per moon alignment, reshaping underground halls with its passage.

• Resource: Vein‑Plate Shard – used in forging deep‑mining resonance anchors.

• Notes: Its presence heralds changes in the land’s pulse.

2. Aur’vhrae – “Song‑Breast of the Sky‑Vault”

• Classification: Threnava | Aur’vhrae’lun

• Description: Enormous, winged leviathan with leathery dorsal wings that generate auroral breath when vibrating tones.

• Habitat: Stratospheric ridge‑lines above Velun peaks.

• Behavior: Appears only during grand twilight, singing planet‑bound chords.

• Resource: Sky‑Breath Ether – captured in crystal breezewells, used to drift between dream‑planes.

• Notes: Legends say its song once anchored the first Moon‑Veil.

3. Thaan’roth – “Spiral‑Wool of the Hollowed Plains”

• Classification: Threnava | Thaan’roth’vek

• Description: Colossal ram‑like figure with spiral horns thick as columns, each howl causing stone‑dust spirals.

• Habitat: Plateau wind‑fields and silent ridges.

• Behavior: Horn echoes can carve glyphs into cliffs.

• Resource: Horn‑Dust Powder – used in creating glyph‑etch pigments and ward dust.

• Notes: Considered one of the oldest living beings.

4. Myth’vahurna – “Mist‑Talon of the Fallen Sky”

• Classification: Threnava | Myth’vahurna’zel

• Description: Raptor‑scale‑feather hybrid with mist‑forming talons able to freeze ambient clouds.

• Habitat: Upper‑cloud spires and sky‑vaulted peaks.

• Behavior: Drifts in grey‑white storms, visible only at the edge.

• Resource: Mist‑Talons – carved into resonant grave‑marks for lost souls.

• Notes: Harbinger of great cleansing and renewal.

5. Oshrul’thael – “Tree‑Root Mouth of Memorywood”

• Classification: Threnava | Oshrul’thael’nar

• Description: Forest behemoth made of living root and bark, with a cavernous mouth that consumes dead wood and regrows it.

• Habitat: Deep memorywood groves.

• Behavior: Moves slowly, drains fallen carbon to foster new growth.

• Resource: Root‑Flesh Bark – regenerative resin used in healing ancient stumps and monuments.

• Notes: Seen as Velun’s living lifeblood, moves when wood stitching is needed.

6. Vael’sharn – “Moon‑Spiral Spine of the Night‑Sea”

• Classification: Threnava | Vael’sharn’ryn

• Description: Enormous serpent-ribbed spine slithering between mountain lakes at moon-high tide, body covered in glowing spirals.

• Habitat: High-elevation shadow-lakes.

• Behavior: Its spines create concentric water‑ripples perceivable for miles.

• Resource: Spiral‑Glow Mucus – used in lunar‑tone amplification and night‑vision ink.

• Notes: Said to mark shifts in moon‑cycle resonance.

7. Khaer’vahl – “Frost‑Fang of the Hidden Peak”

• Classification: Threnava | Khaer’vahl’mar

• Description: Wolf‑size white‑scaled dragon, breath cold‑hardens stone. Fangs drip resonant frost.

• Habitat: Ice caves above cloud forest.

• Behavior: Reclusive except during the singing storms.

• Resource: Frost‑Fang Fragment – carved into chill‑anchors or cold‑focusing lenses.

• Notes: Bound by the Warden covenant; bringing heat will awaken it.

8. Eöl’nath – “Bone‑Carver of the Echo‑Hollows”

• Classification: Threnava | Eöl’nath’ther

• Description: Rhino‑like skull‑formed shell with resonance grooves; footsteps chip stone into rhythm.

• Habitat: Echo hollows beneath mountain plateaus.

• Behavior: Steps in pulse-sync; entire hollows may resound for hours.

• Resource: Bone‑Groove Shard – used to calibrate echo chambers or carve soundlisting basins.

• Notes: Extremely ancient; considered a living tuning fork.

9. Shael’vraan – “Dawn‑Furred Colossus”

• Classification: Threnava | Shael’vraan’mae

• Description: Bear‑size creature covered in fur that glows rose‑gold at sunrise, eyes reflect dawn’s first light.

• Habitat: Dawnward meadows and cliff‑front nesting glens.

• Behavior: Rises only with the sun; roars at horizon.

• Resource: Dawn‑Fur Strands – woven into child’s cradle symbolizing new life.

• Notes: Hunted in myth only; sightings considered blessed.

10. Vehlor’shae – “Winter‑Mote of the Ancestor Trees”

• Classification: Threnava | Vehlor’shae’niel

• Description: Spirit-beast formed from falling whisper-snow, only materializing when a grove loses its eldest grove-elder.

• Habitat: Ancestor-tree forests in first frost.

• Behavior: Coalesces at night, drifts slowly, and dissolves at dawn.

• Resource: Snow-Mote Essence – captured via frost-lenses, used in ancestor-binding ceremonies.

• Notes: A rare phenomenon; the Aevori await its visit to honor lost lineage.

THE CODEX OF LIVING FORMS – VOLUME III

Beings of Hybrid Realms, Tone-Liminal Life, and Spirit-Guardians

Compiled by Scribe-runic Lyvēn under the Crescent Moon of Renewal

SECTION I: Skayarii – Hybrid-Beings of Split Biomes

❖ GENUS: Skayarii

Skayarii are biome-convergent lifeforms evolved across elemental boundaries. Fusing air, fire, earth, water, and resonance into their physiology, they thrive at liminal intersections—lava cliffs, storm canopies, root-skimming ponds, and windborne forests. Their bodies, senses, and cycles are forged from contradiction.

1. Ilven’straal – “Mist-Fin Who Hunts the Treetop Fire”

• Classification: Skayarii | Ilven’straal’zeh

• Description: Ray-like glider with translucent skin and ember-ventral fins. Mist condenses on its dorsal membrane, and it ignites only while descending.

• Habitat: Cloudforest canopy-fire lines.

• Behavior: Glides silently between treetop fires, feeding on glowflies and ember-bloom pollen.

• Resource: Mist-Fin Membrane – crafted into silent-glide cloaks and vapor snares.

• Ecology: Brings balance between overgrowth and flame bloom spread.

2. Khaar’suuneth – “Ash-Strider of the Boiling Rootpaths”

• Classification: Skayarii | Khaar’suuneth’rah

• Description: Multi-limbed, ashen-plated quadruped with steam-venting gills and root-hook talons.

• Habitat: Geothermal swampwood and lava root networks.

• Behavior: Walks upon searing bark, devours overheated decay to feed its inner aquifer system.

• Resource: Boil-Core Gland – refined for steam-rune inks and energy salves.

• Ecology: Prevents explosive root ruptures by cooling ancient sublavas.

3. Nihvrae’thelin – “The Song-Finned Rainfaller”

• Classification: Skayarii | Nihvrae’thelin’yal

• Description: A bioluminescent serpentfish with paper-thin fins tuned to rainfall resonance. Hovers in atmospheric river layers.

• Habitat: Above forest rainbands, mid-air currents.

• Behavior: Responds to rainfall pressure by singing windward tones that accelerate mistbirth.

• Resource: Rain-Skin Threads – used in weather-veil garments and reflective filters.

• Cultural Significance: Considered omen of alignment before Listening Tides.

4. Elysha’kaar – “Glass-Root Walker of Flame and Bloom”

• Classification: Skayarii | Elysha’kaar’len

• Description: Six-legged translucent creature with both chlorophyll threads and lava-resistant hooves.

• Habitat: Root-clearing zones between bioluminous groves and hot magma beds.

• Behavior: Shifts its color from forest-green to obsidian-red when traversing between zones.

• Resource: Glass-Root Sheath – boiled into prisms used in plant-based resonance amplification.

• Ecology: Pollinates heat-activated fire-lotus species.

5. Velthae’runin – “Drift-Horn of the Stone-Mist Cliffs”

• Classification: Skayarii | Velthae’runin’vohr

• Description: Horned beast with helium bone-marrow and fog-echoing nasal ridges. Walks along floating cliffs in slow grazing herds.

• Habitat: Mist-shrouded plateau chains.

• Behavior: Blows long fog-songs to locate food and mates. Each echo disturbs predator spores.

• Resource: Drift-Horn Spiral – used in spatial orientation tools.

• Notes: Sacred to cliff-wardens and memory-walkers.

6. Threni’skaal – “Molten-Spined Burrowflame”

• Classification: Skayarii | Threni’skaal’vak

• Description: Insectile body laced with semi-molten ridgeplate and cooled obsidian claws.

• Habitat: Firebreak tunnels and ember veins.

• Behavior: Consumes cooled magma, leaving aerated channels that emit heat tones.

• Resource: Heat-Bore Spine – used for passive warmth lanterns.

• Ecology: Essential for venting volcanic pressure and lighting cave hollows.

7. Aen’vurathael – “Frost-Gilled Fire-Kite”

• Classification: Skayarii | Aen’vurathael’sai

• Description: High-altitude glider with frost-lined lungs and an internal combustion sac. Wings generate cold from heat updrafts.

• Habitat: Above snow-scorched cliffs.

• Behavior: Feeds on thermals; dives through cold zones to mix upper atmosphere.

• Resource: Vurath Gland – harnessed to stabilize temperature shifts during forest rites.

• Notes: Once seen, considered an omen of ending drought or storm.

8. Kaelrath’noriin – “Soil-Mirage Splitfeather”

• Classification: Skayarii | Kaelrath’noriin’dhal

• Description: Feathered burrower with mirage-flicker plumage, split-limbs for both clawing and gliding.

• Habitat: Dry forest clearings that experience flash-haze cycles.

• Behavior: Projects heat mirage to disguise nest tunnels while flying low between burrows.

• Resource: Splitfeather Quill – used in hidden-map scribing.

• Ecology: Balances microfauna populations in high-evaporation zones.

9. Yll’karaelun – “Glass-Wing Echomoth”

• Classification: Skayarii | Yll’karaelun’syl

• Description: Insectoid with crystalline wing-lattice that sings resonance echoes in moonlight.

• Habitat: Crystal pine hollows and mistbridges.

• Behavior: Wings change pitch depending on air pressure, mapping spaces.

• Resource: Wing-Shard Filament – etched into resonance maps and echo-runes.

• Notes: Wing-pitch is unique to individual; some are preserved in memory-stone.

10. Vauren’thi – “Flare-Tongue of the Verdant Heat”

• Classification: Skayarii | Vauren’thi’zehl

• Description: Amphibious, bi-colored beast with flare-shaped tongue secreting chlorophyll flame.

• Habitat: Lava-fed rainforest pools.

• Behavior: Licks plant matter into partial combustion, releasing rare spores.

• Resource: Tongue-Resin – distilled into botanical ignition compound.

• Ecology: Catalyst for seasonal spore bursts.